Why When Ever I Do Ab Workouts I Get A Horrid Pain In My Neck And Back?
How do i get a six pack when i’m 5’2″ and weight 7 stone 3 pounds?
-girl – 13
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yes
get an ab roller
Pain in the neck is a sign of LUPUS.
Serositis: Pleuritis (inflammation of the membrane around the lungs) or pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane around the heart); sensitivity = 56%; specificity = 86% (pleural is more sensitive; cardiac is more specific).[24]
Oral ulcers (includes oral or nasopharyngeal ulcers).
Arthritis: nonerosive arthritis of two or more peripheral joints, with tenderness, swelling, or effusion; sensitivity = 86%; specificity = 37%.[24]
Photosensitivity (exposure to ultraviolet light causes skin rash, or other symptoms of Lupus flareups); sensitivity = 43%; specificity = 96%.[24]
Blood—hematologic disorder—hemolytic anemia (low red blood cell count) or leukopenia (white blood cell count<4000/µl), lymphopenia (<1500/µl) or thrombocytopenia (<100000/µl) in the absence of offending drug; sensitivity = 59%; specificity = 89%.[24] Hypocomplementemia is also seen, due to either consumption of C3 and C4 by immune complex-induced inflammation or to congenitally complement deficiency, which may predispose to SLE.
Renal disorder: More than 0.5g per day protein in urine or cellular casts seen in urine under a microscope; sensitivity = 51%; specificity = 94%.[24]
Antinuclear antibody test positive; sensitivity = 99%; specificity = 49%.[24]
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Discoid rash (red, scaly patches on skin that cause scarring); sensitivity = 18%; specificity = 99%.[24]
i dont no how much 7 stone is but you might wanna see a chryopracter if this pain is horrid
Stop doing sit ups
You arec really too young to be putting too much stress on your boisy to build ab muscles.
They are there and they will grow – but focus on healthy eating and only moderate exercise.
Your body is growing and over exercising can cause many problems later in life if you don’t let your skeleton and joints finish growing first.
This is a healthy diet:
http://www.gonando.com/boost-immune-system.html
Add to this some moderate amount of ab crunches done slowly, strictly and properly (maybe as few a 10 slowly executed without raising your lower back form the floor( and you’ll develop as you desire.
Over exercise will be burning more calories and making your weight static, your gains minimum, and your injury risks increase
Use a 65cm workout ball for doing abs and all kinds of work outs. it is easy on hte neck and back. I love it.
do it on your bed so that there is no bad strain on you back hold your head when you go up
7 stone?
lol!
– At that age, and with you being a girl it would be difficult to get a six pack. Doing situps, crunches are some of the best ways.
Don’t do them when your hands behind your head, and don’t put any unneeded pressure on your head or neck.
If you do your Abdominal crunches correctly with proper form, there is no reason to suffer from neck pain or sore neck.
One of the biggest mistakes that people make is that involve there neck muscles while doing these exercises- that is a NO-NO. Bringing your head and neck forward puts unnecessary pressure on the neck and it is not healthy. So when you do your abdominal crunch look at the ceiling. In fact pick a spot on the ceiling and concentrate on that. If you keep this position you will keep your neck spine neutral, with no added pull on the neck muscles. There is no reason to be lifing your head and bringing your chin to your chest.
Also, your hand position is important. Many people interlock their fingers and place them behind the neck- change this immediately. This makes it more possible that you will involve your neck muscles. Instead place your fingers LIGHTLY behind your ears or cross your arms and hands in front of your chest. Remember to continue looking at the ceiling and not forward. If you utilize this position of your hands, you won???t pull on your neck while doing abs- and hopefully avoid neck pain
Another good point is to focus your thinking on your abs while doing these exercises. This will actually give you a better work out. Finally, don???t forget to breathe. This is very important while exercising.
Before you begin exercises, it is a good idea to do some neck exercises – some simple neck flexion extension, lateral flexion and rotation exercises will loosen you up and also prevent any neck soreness after exercise. These will help to increase mobility and range of motion in the cervical spine- decreasing the chances of get injured.
ur not doing it right make sure you are breathing all the way threw your excercises……. or wait till you get a little older?????
you shouldn’t be working out at your age in the first place. Your body is still developing. To answer your question though, you are probably in pain because you are doing the exercise incorrectly.
keep your head straight instead of bending your chin to your chest.
Also, use a ball. (for your lower back) that way you get proper flexion and extension.
When this happened to me, I began making sure that I didn’t let my spine get fully extended/straight or especially bent back the other way at the bottom of the situp. Instead, when I come back down from a situp or crunch, I stay very slightly crunched at the very bottom instead of fully extended. It may sound like cheating, but the problem is, if you lay flat, your spine is then curved back the other direction. From there, when your abs pull to get you back into the full crunch, it compresses the heck out of your spine to snap it around to being curved forward again. If you can use an ab roller or ab lounger to keep you from flattening all the way out, I’d do that.
You’re not using your stomach muscles, but using your hands behind your head to pull yourself up. Fold your arms across your body and try pulling yourself into a sitting position using just your tummy muscle. You wont be able to do this, but by trying it’ll have the same effect.
I would suggest you’re doing sit-ups which usually cause backand neck pain. Sit-ups hardly even work the abs, it’s a myth. The only two ab exercises that are essential are ‘crunches’ and ‘leg raises’. See bodybuilding.com or youtube for instruction videos if needed. Neither will cause pain in the back/eck and will hit and dvelop your entire abs. I do a 100 cruches and 40 leg raises 3 times per week for my six pack.
Also to show a six pack you have to have low body fat %. For men their body fat has to be under 10%, for girls i think it has to be under 12%. To measure your bodyfat you’ll need to buy a pair of fat calipers- you can buy them off ebay. Remember the abs are still a muscle and need feeding the right nutrients to grow/develop, think plenty of protein (around 1g per pound of body weight per day). Whey protein shakes are an ideal way to get more protein in your diet.
EDIT- ignore people who say you can’t train at your age that is ridiculous. It’s ridiculous because you’re not training with weights you’re working your abs against your own body weight. Doing ab work is NOT dangerous or a no no at any age…if the exercise is performed correctly then it’s perfectly safe. But please drop the sit-ups if you’re doing them. And if you do find you need to lose bodyfat to show your abs, then start to some cardio 3 times per week, 30-45 mins per session. Also eat a diet that gives you 10 calories per pound of body-weight, 40% protein, 40% carbs, 20% fat. So at your weight, age taken into consideration, it would be around 1000 calories per day and 100g protein, 100g carbs, 20g fat. Anyway if you followl my advice then you’ll have ripped abs within 3 months.